Support for carriage-top bows.



No.76LQ81. PATENTED MAY31,1904.-

- E. w. WRIGHT.

' SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE TOP Bows.

'urmouron IILED,1EB. 11; 1904.

attuned UNITED STATES Patented May 31, 1904 PATIENT ()FFICEQ. f

EDWARD W. WRIGHT, OF LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO R. A. ORITOHER, OF LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TER- RITORY.

SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE-TOP BOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part .of Letters Patent N0. 761,281, dated May 31, 1904. Application filed February 11, 1904. Serial No- 193,164=. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington', in the county of Cleveland, Oklahoma Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Carriage- Top Bows; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

, This invention relates to new and useful improvements in flexible supports for carriagetop bows or braces; and the object of the invention is produce a device of this character which is adapted to attach to the metallic frame of the carriage-top and having a gooseneck curve near one end formingv a hook or socket for the reception of a bow and so constructed that the hook will yield slightly, so as to take up any jar coming upon the bow, and thereby avoiding unnecessary wear between the contact-points of the hook and bow.

My invention consists, further, in theprovision of a device of this character which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim. I illustrate my. invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, andv in which drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my bow-supporting device as applied to the frame of a top of the carriage. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of the device detached from the top.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a flexible bar made of any suitable material, which is rigidly-held upon the stud B, carried by a metallic framework 0 of the carriage-top. Said bar extends nearly the length of a bow D of the top and at A is bent substantially the shape of a gooseneck, the upper part of said curved portion being parallel with the shank portion of said bar, and at the location A said bar is bent at substantially right angles to the length of the shank portion of said bar and is adapted to form a socket to receive the bow D- When the end of the bar is bent in the shape shown in the drawings, it will be observed that the shank portion of said-bar will be positioned parallel to the bow and only spaced apart therefrom a distance equal to the diameter of the bar, and owing to the socket portion A being formed at the location illustrated, a short distance from the curved portion A' ,sufiicient provision is made for allowingthe socket-carrying end of the bar to yield slightly to take up the jar coming upon the bow., The entire strain of the bow is adapted to betaken up by the bar, which yields slightly, as does also the socket or hooked end on which the bow rests.

By the provision of a device ofthis character I have found from practical experience that an efiicient means is provided for supporting the bow of a carriage-top and by which supporting means all jar coming upon the bow is taken up and Without moving contact between the bow and the supporting arm or bar. j

.While I have shown a particular shape of device embodying my support for bows, it will be understood that I may alter the shape and dimensions of the same, if desired, without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

I am aware that it is common in the art to attach spring-arms to the framework of a buggy-top, in which the bars are either fixed or pivoted to the frame and have hooks at their ends which engage the rear 01' back bow of a buggy-top, and hence'I do not make claim, broadly, for such construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bow-supporting attachment for carriagetops comprising a flexible bar which is adapted to be fixed at one end .to the frame of the top,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD W. \VRIG'HT.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. GRAHAM, F. J. HAWK. 

